Economic research and industry reports

Tourism plays a significant part in Australia’s economy, contributing
3.2% to GDP and 4.9% to employment in 2016–17. Tourism Research
Australia’s strategic research and analysis program focuses on
delivering measures of the structure and performance of the Australian
tourism industry. Our analysis brings together key findings from our
own surveys with supply and demand intelligence from a broad range of
sources to support policy making, marketing and industry development.

Economic and industry analysis reports cover issues such as the value
of tourism to the Australian economy (both directly and indirectly),
industry performance, current market dynamics and emerging trends. We
also produce an annual State of the Industry report, which analyses the
current performance of the Australian tourism industry, the challenges
ahead, and how the industry needs to respond.

Australia’s Tourism Investment Pipeline outlines the number and value of significant infrastructure projects in the three main sectors of Australia’s tourism industry, namely Accommodation; Arts, Recreation and Business Services; and Aviation.

The Australian Accommodation Monitor is a national data collection capable of providing accommodation information to the tourism region level and replaces the previous Survey of Tourist Accommodation. Available 18 July 2018.